Baluchistan 30 march 1970, fata merger-2019

Geography South west of Pakistan 47%

Area (largest) 44% 347,190km2 (134,050 sq mi)
Population (less) 21,977,474 (21.9 million)
Density 43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Division 8
Districts 37
Tehsils 134
Union council 86
National assembly seats 17-------14,3 (general, women)
Provincial assembly seats 65------------51,11,3 (general, women, non-Muslim)
National & Int. Borders North East ------------Punjab, KPK, China, GB
North West-----------------Afghanistan
West------------Iran
East ------------Sindh
South East ---------Arabian Sea

Chief minister Ataullah Mengal------ Ali Mardan Khan Domki (24)

Governor Riaz Hussain -------Abdul Wali Kakar

Peaks Koh-i-Suleiman(Takht e Suleiman 3487 meter, 1140ft)-----divides Punjab from Baluchistan, located-----dera Ismail
khan

Lakes Hanna(Quetta)

Rivers 7-Nari, Bolan, Dasht, Mula, Hingol (largest—560km), Hub, Zhob,

Porali, Pishin, Lora, Rakshan

Fort Nauroz

Capital Quetta (Shalkot), Turbat

Natural gas 2nd producer

Tunnel (railway) 1891 Khojak (sehla bagh tunnel) 3.91km ---qilla Abdullah (district), toba achakzai range
4th in world and 1st in pak
Beach Kund malir

Sui gas field (largest natural Located----Sibi division , FC charge 2011, Ashfaq pervaiz kiyani
gas )
Discovered 1951
Shamsi Air base (Quetta),Urk Valley(near Hanna lake----28km from quetta)

Muslim bagh –chromite

Saindak project (silver, copper, gold)-----chaghi

Desert Kharan

Dam Mirani (Dasht river)

Punjab
Area 205,345 km2 (79,284 square miles)
Population (highest) 127,474,000 (1st)-------------2023 census (127.4 million)
Density 620/km2 (1,600/sq. mi)
Division 10
Districts 41
Tehsils 146
15th Nation assembly seats 183---148,35 (general, women)
17th Provincial assembly 371---297,66,8 (general, women, non-Muslim)
seats
National & Int. Borders North------------ICT, Azad Kashmir, GB
Punjab & Jammu Kashmir
East-------------India
West------------Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
South------------Sindh
South west---------Baluchistan
Chief minister Nawab Iftikhar Hussain khan Mamdot ---------------Mohsin Raza Naqvi (20/7)
Governor Sir Robert Francis Mudie-------------------Muhammad Baligh-ur-Rehman
River 5----Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Sutlej, Bias(india)
Dams Indus river; ----barrage
Jinnah
Tonsa
Chasma
Lake Kalar khar (chakwal)
Desert Thal---------bhakkar
cholistan -------bahawalpur
Mountains Salt range -----highest peak is Sakasar
Sulaiman mountain----------takht e Sulaiman
Kirana hills

Sindh (sir creek, disputed area, 1965 war)

Area 140,914 km²
Population 57,931,000 (57.9 million)
Density 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Division 7
Districts 30
Tehsils
National assembly seats 75--------61,14 (general, women)
15 Provincial assembly 168-------(130,29,9) (general, women, no-Muslim)
seats
National & Int. Borders North-----------Punjab
North East ------------India
North West----------------Baluchistan
East ------------Rajasthan
West------------
South----------Indian Gujarat
South East ---------India
South West---------Arabian sea
Chief minister Khan Bahadur Muhammad Ayub Khuhro------------JUSTICE ® MAQBOOL BAQAR

Governor Shaikh G.H. Hidayatullah-------Kamran Tesori

Sea ports 3—Karachi, Keti bandr port (Thatta), Port Qasim.

Natural gas 1st producer

River 4

Indus—3180km, upper indus plain start ------kalabagh , upper end & lower Indus plain start ------mithankot

Dams  Ghazi Barotha Dam (indus)---1450 MV electricity, Attock

 Tarbela dam, 1976
 Basha dam(indus, under construction)----Northern areas
Barrage
 Guddu barrage
 Sukhr (oldest) 1932
 Kotri (ghulam Muhammad )

Lakes Manchar lake (dadu district near Sehwan)

Keenjar lake/ kalri lake (2nd in pak for fresh water, first man made in pak)

Thar coal deposits ---------6th richest coal deposits country (16th in world)
Desert Thar

KPK
Area 101,741 km²
Population 40,856,097 (40.8 million )
Density 401.6/km²
Division 7
Districts 36
Tehsils 133
National assembly seats 43--------35,8 (general, women)
15 Provincial assembly 145------115,26,4 (general, women, no-Muslim)
seats
National & Int. Borders North East ------------ Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan
North West---------------- Afghanistan
South East ---------Punjab
South West---------Baluchistan
Chief minister Abdul Qayum khan------------Muhammad Azam khan
Governor Sir George Cunningham, Sahibzada Mohammad Khurshid (muslim)-----------Hajji ghulam Ali.

River 8
Panjkora river forms kumrat valley
Lake Saiful malook, Ansoo lake (khaghan)
Desert No

Pakistan
Area 822409 km2 (33rd largest by area in world)
Islamabad ----906.5km2
GB------72971km2(3 division, 14 districts)
AJK------13297km2(3 division, 10districts
Geography:
South Asia
longitude, east-62 to 77--------
latitude, north-24 to 37--------
Highest point K2
Lowest point Arabian sea
Highest peak Rakaposhi (GB), karakoram range, 7788m---------old name, Dumani(mother of mist)
Coastline (south) 1058.9km
Territorial sea limit (ownership)--------------------------------------12 NM/ 22.2km (1NM=1.85km)
Special economic zone-------------------------------------------------200 NM in depth (370km)
Total border line 7307km2
China--- north east Border --------------596 km , 3rd march 1963,
(shortest border) Khunjerab pass (connect pak & china)
China capital-----Beijing N-35
Currency--------Yuan/ Renminbi Karakorum ranges (GB-xinjiang)------16200ft (separated pak vs china)
Baltoro glacier*Hispar, Chogo Lungma, Braldu, Biafo, with its famous Concordia junction,
K2 (8611m)--------highest in Pakistan, 2nd in world
(1st mount Everest 8849m)
Himalaya
 Siwalicks/Sub Himalaya
 Peer panjal/ lesser Himalaya
 Great Himalaya( Killer mountain, GB (Nanga Parbat ,8126km), mount Everest)
 Interior Himalaya / ladakh range
Siachan glacier *
Afghanistan ----north west Border ------------2670km (2611/2430)
(Longest border) Durand line agreement ------12 November 1893 –Kabul
Capital: Kabul Abdul Rehman khan(Ameer) VS Mortimer Durand (British diplomat)
Last Ameer; Zahir shah WA khan corridor (210-220km) connect Pakistan with Tajikistan (Dushanbe)
Nearest central Asian state (5 states) to Pakistan------------Tajikistan
Khyber pass (Kabul- Peshawar)
Gomal pass (D.I.Khan -ghazni)
N-5
Hindu Kush range --------highest (Tirch Mir--7690)
Koh e Sufaid
Highest peak--------Sakram
Iran-----south west 4-Borders---------909km (1958–59)Taftan, Gabd, Mand and Chadgi
Bolan pass
N-40
India---east Border---------2100 (international border/ Redcliff line/ 24 th parallel line)+861 (LOC)+202(working
India’s capital-----new Delhi boundary-------combination of recognized and disputed border)=3323km
Currency --- rupiah/ RS Ceasefire line---1949
LOC, Shimla agreement –3 July 1972
Mc Mahon line, 1914 by agreement + LOAC b/w china & India
Working boundary( occupied Kashmir+ Sialkot)------193km
Rivers 24(7,5,4,8)---Indus- 3180 (Neil of pak),

Doab 4
Sidh sagar (indus-jehlum)
Chaj (jehlum- chunab)
Rachna (chunab- ravi)
Bari (ravi- beas-satluj)
Dams 150 (mostly Punjab & KPK)
 Hangol dam(hangol river)-----lasbeela, balochistan
 Warsak dam (Kabul)----------1960, 240MV,Canada
Railway station highest-------Khan mehtarzai 2240m above sea (zhob, Baluchistan)
longest-------Rohri Sindh 1894ft
Airports 151
Oldest city Peshawar
Passes Muztagh pass (Highest)------GB-china
Shanudar pass(381m)-----chitral with gilgit
Babusar pass------abotabad with gilgit
Malakand pass----peshawar with chitral
Laawari pass------deer with chitral
Bolan pass--------sidh with quetta
Baroghil pass----chitral with wakhan
Lakes Satpara (Sakardu, GB)
Ports Gawadar port (Baluchistan)
Omara (Baluchistan)
Kemari (Baluchistan)
Bin Qasim (Karachi, full functional)

Mountain ranges 1. Himalaya (AJK), Burzil pass ------------------------mount Everest (Nepal) 8848m, highest point of
14 peaks in world----8000m+ Asia, Nanga Parbat (Pak), killer mountain, 8126m
1st Mount Everest
2nd k-2
5 in Pakistan 2. CHINA-Karakoram (GB), Khunjerab pass, Siachen glacier (2nd largest of the world), Batura glacier
Glaciers: ------------------------k-2/ Godwin Austen (8611m)/ 2nd highest in the world
Lambert glacier (Antarctica) 3. Hindu Kush (GB+ KPK)----------------------------------------------Tirch Mir (7690m)
AFGHANISTAN-Sufaid koh( spin ghar range) (KPK), Khyber pass (Peshawar Kabul separate-------------------------
Kirthar (Baluchistan)---------------------------------------
Koh e Suleiman (Baluchistan)---------------------------
Ras koh (Baluchistan)------------------------Chaghi hills
Toba kakad, Bolan pass (Quetta Sibi separate) --------------------------------------------------
Makran (Baluchistan)---------------------------------------------------------------
Salt range (Puthwari region), [Punjab, ISB]----------------------------------Sakaser range (khiuda mines)

Punjab:
1st census--------------1951, 1961, 1972-----2017(6th)
Largest by population----------Lahore
Least -- -------------------------Hafiz Abad
Largest by area----------------Bahawalpur
Smallest ------------------------Lahore (most dense)
Pakistan:
Largest city by area---------------Chaghi (Baluchistan)
Smallest------------------------------Tor Garh (KPK)
Largest by population-------------Karachi (Sindh)
Least ---------------------------------Awaran (Baluchistan)

World geography

Asia
2/3 of world population, 48 countries, Himalaya (world tallest mountains, Mount Everest), Dead Sea in Jordan (world lowest point).

Africa

54 countries (Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa), Sahara desert (world biggest non-polar), Nile river (world longest).

North America

USA, Canada

South America

12 countries (Brazil, Argentina)

Amazon (world biggest rainforest)

Antarctica

Surrounding by southern ocean

Europe

44 countries

No desert

Australia

Island continent

World largest coral reef

Oceans
Pacific

Reaches from North & South America to Asia & Australia

Surrounded by line of volcanoes (ring of fire)

Great Barrier Reef (largest coral reef)

Challenger deep (deepest part on earth)

Atlantic

North & South America to Europe & Africa

Half the size of pacific

Mid Atlantic ridge (longest mountain range in world, underwater)

Indian

Sothern /Antarctic Ocean

Coldest & wildest

Arctic

Completely covered in Ice.